Ive looked through the site and found nothing about this, so i was thinking last time i made a nandroid backup,Could we instead of flashing roms just restore each others nandroids thru recovery and list all the features of the backup and put them up in a post sort of like the rom wiki? Then EVERYONE could definately find a setup they liked....just a thought. I dont have someone else's phone to test it on. Or are the number names on the nandroid backup files system specific? Any answers or info would be greatly appreciated. I think this would be cool if it works because we'd have so many choices of setups if ppl put theirs up,and it would eliminate bootloop,time for flashing roms and any extra addons. Then you can continue adding to or removing from the restored nandroid backup if you wish, or you could just leave it.
this is how the moto droid guys flash their roms. seems like ours would work...
I too have been thinking about this...
Only Problem is that is stores /data
And that is your settings and passwords for any apps you have used or market sign in etc
Also of you had any paid apps you would also not have to have those installed or the other person would get them and that would be considered warez and just flat out suck for the Devs that make them
You would have to nandroid right when you flash the update before you setup any passwords.
Or you could remove the /data part but then more than likely it will FC on multiple apps
Just A Thought.....
I think if we put up a repository for ppl do upload their fav. setups with the following specific information:
1)Rom name and version
2)Kernel if changed
3)Apps and System apps might be alot but nice
that we could all benefit and see some of the things other ppl are doing with THEIR roms. It would give the ppl like me who get flash crazy rather quickly many more options. We could just label them starting with NAN RECOVERY#1, with all the details and then go from there....
you could skip the sign in the beginning and customize and upload, minus paid apps and stuff, that way your contacts and google log in wouldnt be stored. but yea it would work
edit: guess it wont work. haha
zippy-man said:
Only Problem is that is stores /data
And that is your settings and passwords for any apps you have used or market sign in etc
Also of you had any paid apps you would also not have to have those installed or the other person would get them and that would be considered warez and just flat out suck for the Devs that make them
You would have to nandroid right when you flash the update before you setup any passwords.
Or you could remove the /data part but then more than likely it will FC on multiple apps
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i was just thinking the dev could make a nandroid before they sync anything... restore any warez
MagnusRagnarok said:
I think if we put up a repository for ppl do upload their fav. setups with the following specific information:
1)Rom name and version
2)Kernel if changed
3)Apps and System apps might be alot but nice
that we could all benefit and see some of the things other ppl are doing with THEIR roms. It would give the ppl like me who get flash crazy rather quickly many more options. We could just label them starting with NAN RECOVERY#1, with all the details and then go from there....
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everytime i try to rename a nandroid backup i cant get the phone to restore it...
This won't work, I've tried it. Ask me how? Well two of my Hero's died on me but thankfully I was still in the 30 day warranty period both times. Anyways everytime I've tried to restore my old settings from my previous phone but it won't take because it's a different serial number. I managed to get around that but once you flash the rom and boot up the phone EVERYTHING force closes on you. Even if you DO NOT have passwords/logins etc... There is your answer go try for yourself if you would like but don't say I didn't tell you.
~Danny
dmc971989 said:
everytime i try to rename a nandroid backup i cant get the phone to restore it...
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NO spaces. Make sure there's no spaces in your backup name, use dashes or underscores instead
Hmmm.....
zippy-man said:
Only Problem is that is stores /data
And that is your settings and passwords for any apps you have used or market sign in etc
Also of you had any paid apps you would also not have to have those installed or the other person would get them and that would be considered warez and just flat out suck for the Devs that make them
You would have to nandroid right when you flash the update before you setup any passwords.
Or you could remove the /data part but then more than likely it will FC on multiple apps
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Thanks for the feedback,i did think this through way before posting. I would have become aware of those issues if i had someone else's device to test this theory.maybe if you want to upload you get your setup and set up your apps and then nandroid before you add your paid apps to your own setup. The benefit would still be the same, there are more good free apps that i use than paid anyway. So we would not be using warez and taking money from devs,and then just log into your own google account. That SHOULD work....
danimal_01 said:
This won't work, I've tried it. Ask me how? Well two of my Hero's died on me but thankfully I was still in the 30 day warranty period both times. Anyways everytime I've tried to restore my old settings from my previous phone but it won't take because it's a different serial number. I managed to get around that but once you flash the rom and boot up the phone EVERYTHING force closes on you. Even if you DO NOT have passwords/logins etc... There is your answer go try for yourself if you would like but don't say I didn't tell you.
~Danny
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you couldnt rename it to the correct seriel number?
If I had another hero i wouldve tested BEFORE posting....
danimal_01 said:
This won't work, I've tried it. Ask me how? Well two of my Hero's died on me but thankfully I was still in the 30 day warranty period both times. Anyways everytime I've tried to restore my old settings from my previous phone but it won't take because it's a different serial number. I managed to get around that but once you flash the rom and boot up the phone EVERYTHING force closes on you. Even if you DO NOT have passwords/logins etc... There is your answer go try for yourself if you would like but don't say I didn't tell you.
~Danny
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Date them with dashes and it will work, i do it every time to keep track. I still need another hero to test the serial number thing since you actually just named your backups the wrong way. So those results wont work. Because if you had named them the right way your results wouldve been different. Also we wouldnt change the exact backup name, we would title and then link to the file....thanks for reporting your experience
danimal_01 said:
This won't work, I've tried it. Ask me how? Well two of my Hero's died on me but thankfully I was still in the 30 day warranty period both times. Anyways everytime I've tried to restore my old settings from my previous phone but it won't take because it's a different serial number. I managed to get around that but once you flash the rom and boot up the phone EVERYTHING force closes on you. Even if you DO NOT have passwords/logins etc... There is your answer go try for yourself if you would like but don't say I didn't tell you.
~Danny
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Danny, I too had to swap out my Hero and for the hell of it restored a Nandroid backup from my original phone. However, unlike your experience, I had no problems with force closes. The only thing that happened was that Gmail wouldn't send properly. I fixed that by wiping the Gmail cache. I don't think that issue is specific to restoring a Nandroid from a phone with a different serial number though as I've read others having the same problem on occasion. Also, assuming we'd be sharing backups that don't contain personal info on them, this Gmail issue would be unlikely to happen.
In any case, I like this idea. Perhaps we should be checking out how the Droid folks are doing this (as someone else pointed out). They might've worked out the kinks in this Nandroid sharing plan.
Any One Care To Help Me Test?
If anyone would care to help me test my idea,so to maybe get something going on the site for everyones benefit who like my idea and want to flash these backups, I will test someone elses if anyone is willing to send me one or a link to one;please leave the numbers unchanged for accuracy,or i can send someone one of mine becuase i have many from 1.5 and 2.1 with several different rom and theme setups that i would be willing to share to test out my idea. Anyone interested please just pm me...Thanks
MagnusRagnarok said:
If anyone would care to help me test my idea,so to maybe get something going on the site for everyones benefit who like my idea and want to flash these backups, I will test someone elses if anyone is willing to send me one or a link to one;please leave the numbers unchanged for accuracy,or i can send someone one of mine becuase i have many from 1.5 and 2.1 with several different rom and theme setups that i would be willing to share to test out my idea. Anyone interested please just pm me...Thanks
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ill try it out (ill be reflashing in a bit anyways)... so if you want to send me a blank nandroid (no contacts,Gmail,etc) then ill give it a shot and report back
I'll test it. just pm me the link. but I already know it works
MagnusRagnarok said:
Thanks for the feedback,i did think this through way before posting. I would have become aware of those issues if i had someone else's device to test this theory.maybe if you want to upload you get your setup and set up your apps and then nandroid before you add your paid apps to your own setup. The benefit would still be the same, there are more good free apps that i use than paid anyway. So we would not be using warez and taking money from devs,and then just log into your own google account. That SHOULD work....
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That would work and would kind of be cool if it did
But the only problem is that I don't think many people would actually do it.
Oh I forgot too if you want to download apps you gotta sign into the market first
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Oh I forgot too if you want to download apps you gotta sign into the market first
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Or you can pull the apps you use on your current ROM and push them back via ADB on the clean ROM. Kind of a hassle though.
ive done it, it works, just save the nandroid backup folder ie. BCDMRS-date-3463, inside the folder ie. /sdcard/nandroid/HT02yourphone/ with the rest of your backups.
then recovery, backup and restore, nand restore and select the backup u saved.
Thanks
phonetec said:
ive done it, it works, just save the nandroid backup folder ie. BCDMRS-date-3463, inside the folder ie. /sdcard/nandroid/HT02yourphone/ with the rest of your backups.
then recovery, backup and restore, nand restore and select the backup u saved.
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You are awesome. Thanks for the info.
Hello,
I recently did some house (phone) cleaning and dumped a few no longer used apps I had purchased form the market.
I see that while they are no longer installed on the phone, they continue to stay listed in the market download section listed as purchased. Is this normal or is something wrong with the way my phone is working?
If this is normal, is there any way to remove them or at least shift them all to the bottom of the list?
Thanks,
Scott
Using a rooted Droid2 deodexed running the latest 2.3.2
BTW - I've checked the other threads I found on this but never saw a clear answer. Besides, they were old (2009) unless I missed a more resent one.
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I believe its not possible.
this is perfectly normal and actually allows you to reinstall them at any time since well, you paid for them.
There is no way to remove them also from that list, you could ask google support about this they'll be your best bet.
I don't really see a use for this however, if you don't want them installed, then don't.
I am pretty sure I have seen such option in some tool. Unfortunately cannot remember. I will post of I find it
redikx said:
I am pretty sure I have seen such option in some tool. Unfortunately cannot remember. I will post of I find it
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ehh some apps you may not want others to know you have...
when they show up in paid apps it kind of defeats the purpose because they show up there...
You can ask the developer to refund your purchase...
I am new to this thread and rooting phones in general. I know you probably hate dealing with people like us, but you have to start somewhere...
anyways... I have a motorola atrix and i had recently rooted it just to delete the unwanted pre installed apps... and then i "unrooted" it? ... i beleive... i just dont know if unrooting it actually unroots it. well now i just tried to install the new update that came out yesterday, but it fails on installation. i was wondering if that has something to do with the uninstalled apps? if so... that brings me to a second problem. i did back up the apps with titanium before uninstalling. but it wont let me put them back. and i believe that is because the atrix wont let you install 3rd party apps? please correct me if i am wrong?
well i was just wondering if anyone else was having this problem or if any one could help. thanks! and sorry for being a noob
ShaneBaty said:
I am new to this thread and rooting phones in general. I know you probably hate dealing with people like us, but you have to start somewhere...
anyways... I have a motorola atrix and i had recently rooted it just to delete the unwanted pre installed apps... and then i "unrooted" it? ... i beleive... i just dont know if unrooting it actually unroots it. well now i just tried to install the new update that came out yesterday, but it fails on installation. i was wondering if that has something to do with the uninstalled apps? if so... that brings me to a second problem. i did back up the apps with titanium before uninstalling. but it wont let me put them back. and i believe that is because the atrix wont let you install 3rd party apps? please correct me if i am wrong?
well i was just wondering if anyone else was having this problem or if any one could help. thanks! and sorry for being a noob
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I just hate it when people use USELESS thread titles...
How is "UH OH" better than "[Motorola Atrix] Root & Installing/Deleting Apps"...
Use the edit button and change it so other people with the same problem can actually find this thread.
To know if you have root or not there is actually a free app on the market to check this and tell you if you are rooted or not.
Depending on the apps you uninstalled, yes this failed update could be caused by this.
If you can provide the names of the apps you uninstalled i might be able to tell you more.
Installing third party apps can be turned on at Settings/Applications.
Depending where the app was, Titanium Backup might need root to put it there.
You don't have to be sorry for being a noob, just use a good thread title so people know with a look at the title, if they can help or not, and provide as much information in the post as you can, to help people help you .
Not everyone looks into every thread, most if they don't have to spare alot of time (skilled people usually don't have too much free time ), just take a look at the thread titles and decide if they look in it or not.
The apps i deleted were...
Talk 1.3
Help center 2.2.1
Task Manager 9.0 (performance manager)
Home screen tips 2.2.1
Yes you are correct, phone does have to be rooted to put the apps back. It actually has to be rooted just to run titanium. I did Reroot it and try putting them back, but when i do the restore with titanium, its puts all apps back to their setting at the time of the back up, but the missing apps dont install (basically everything on the restore works but the apps i deleted)
i do get the warning when opening titanium saying i will not beable to restore apps with my current settings on my phone and to do what you said (settings> applications>) but from what iv found. it seems the atrix does not have this option.
if you need any more info please let me know. i just want this update because it is supposed to fix a few bugs.
Thanks!
I got it taken care of.
thanks!
Just wanna know if removing this would harm anything....
Really.... No one knows? Lol
Thremix said:
Just wanna know if removing this would harm anything....
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I'd like to know too. Same applies for HTC Message Uploader. Since I have a HTC phone with Android 2.3 HTC added quite some applications and services to the background which are to say at least a bit doubtful.
Maybe someone knows the answer to this one: suggest removing/uninstalling would harm the functioning of the device, would hard-resetting the device reverse to its initial state?
If you're trying to remove these things, my guess is you have root?
If so, do a Nandroid backup and remove it. If everything's still functional, awesome! If something isn't working right anymore, restore to your backup
I have installed link2sd it allows you to freeze a perticular application. Once you do that no service or application or user can run this app.
Try doing that and you ll come to know if your phone can work without it or not. and then you can uninstall to save space.
Hey guys,
I deleted a bunch of traces of CIQ and Logger apps today. The two major apps I deleted were HtcLogger.apk and MyReportAgent.apk, but I'm stilling getting "Tell HTC" messages on my phone after I use Rom Manager to go into recovery.
What else do I need to delete? OR, is just going to About Phone > Disable Tell HTC good enough, since I've deleted HtcLogger.apk and it should no longer be working?
Also, what is HTC Message Uploader.apk? Sounds sketchy, can I delete it?
Thanks for the help!
EDIT: OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHH Tell HTC is an .apk! I didn't know this, and had never seen the .apk when look thru the system files.
MODS: Feel free to delete this thread. Sorry about that.